EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Items Gathered from AI
Parts of the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Lets Important but Not Lest Inter-
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Rockefeller says golf beats finance,
An immense stock boom is on in
Wall street
Roosevelt made a speech to Ameri
can missionaries in Africa.
The first of this seaon's wheat has
been sold in Texas at $1.35.
Senator Aldrich will kill the income
tax amendment at all hazards.
A San Diego, Cal., woman, her
daughter and two sons will be married
at the same time.
Leaders of the alleged Mexican Na
tional lottery have been arrested in
New York and a gigantic fraud
broken up.
The fire department of Victoria, B.
C, is nsing its chemical engines to ex
terminate the caterpillar put on the
trees of the city.
Secretary Ballinger has approved
the regulations for opening the surplus
lands of the Coeur d'Alene, Spokane
and t latbead reservations.
Encarnacion Diaz, leader in the con
spiracy to invade Mexico ana overthrow
President Diaz, who was pardoned by
President Taft left the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan., t riday.
So-Wah-Ta, a fullblooded Oneida
Indian, stalked into the license bureau
of the police department in Chicago,
and made formal application in excel
lent English for a state permit to run
an automobile.
By holding a piece of down-town
Chicago property 24 years, William K
Lobenstein, of New York city, has
made a clear profit of more than $750,
000. This is at the rate of more than
$30,000 a year.
Bryan is out with his 1912 slogan,
"Be Up and Doing."
Northwest rivers are rising rapidly
and high water is looked for.
For the first time in history wheat is
being shipped west from New York.
It is reported that oil has been found
In Arizona, and great excitement pre
vails.
An auto jumped a bridge in Seattle.
killing the driver and injuring his two
passengers.
Martial law is in force at WcCloud.
Cal., and the soldiers have scattered
the strikers.
The Omaha train robbers have been
fully identified and their headquarters
shown to be in Spokane.
Many inhabitants of Molokai are
found to be free of leprosy, but do not
wish to leave their friends on the
island.
J. J. Hill was subpoenaed to appear
before the grand jury in an embezzle
ment case. He accepted the service of
tne paper and agreed to appear.
A.-Y.-P. exposition opens with at
tendance of 89,286 on first day.
The prosecution has almost com
pleted its case against Patrick Cal
houn. The Portland water board will im
mediately lay a third pipe line from
Hull Kun.
Four Methodist ministers at Elgin.
III., are praying for the recovery of a
Dorse dying of lockjaw.
Rockefeller says he is satisfied with
a big increase made in the assessed
valuation of his country residence.
Count Zeppelin says the kaiser was
hoaxed about his airship going to Ber
lin ; that he never intended to go there.
Heavy "rains and a cloudburst near
The Dalles did some slight damage,
but did an immense amount of good.
The agreement between the railroads
controlled by E. H. Harriman and
those controlled by James J. Hill for
joint use of the tracks leading from
Portland to Seattle, has been signed,
sealed and delivered.
A shortage of $137,000 has been dis
covered by the bank examiner in the
Lew is ton, Idaho, national bank. The
stockholders made it good. A man has
been arrested in Los Angeles for try
ing to pawn a bracelet that belonged
to a young woman who was murdered
In Providence, R. I., nearly a month
ago.
Thirty elk broke out of Golden Gate
park at San Francisco and roamed the
city for several hours.
The most severe wind and rain storm
In yean have deluged the Black Hills
country in South Dakota.
General Camacho, leader of 4he Santo
Domingo revolutionists, has been cap
tured and will likely be shot.
Two American mining engineers
war arrested as spies in Salvador, Cen
tral America, but were soon released.
A son of Julius Krutschnitt, director
of maintenance of the Harriman rail
roads, baa been appointed road master
of the Siskiyou district The position
Is but a step above a common track
Jabober.
AIRSHIP RUNS AWAY.
Inventor Drives Damaged Craft to
Earth and Slides Down Rope.
East St Louis, 111., June 7. A cast
away in the skie; through the breaking
of his guide rope, which formed his
only connection witb the earth, and
later an areonaut on the ground, with
his ship floating sway through space,
pursued on the ground by an automo
bile, Claude M. Zellers, a one-legged
inventor, tonight contributed new
pages to the history of aeronautics.
In a machine of no tpye known to
aeronautics, invented by William
Smith, a cattle-dealer, and described
as the largest aeroplane in the world,
Zellers flew from East St Louis this
afternoon at 5 :30 o'clock. When 100
feet up the guide rope became en
tangled in an apple tree and snapped,
leaving the aviator a castaway. He
sailed 40 miles in a zigzag course and
succeeded in making a hazardous land
ing atBelleville, 20 miles from where
be started.
Zellers was unable to stop his ma
chinery, but pointed the nose of his
craft toward the ground and allowed it
to shoot down like a meteor until the
end of the broken rope trailed on the
ground. Just as Zellers slid down the
rope, a distance of 70 feet it broke
and the dirigible, its engines going
full speed, soared into the sky without
a pilot
Zellers pursued the bag for a time in
an automobile, but could not keep up
with it
TRAIN GOES THROUGH TRESTLE
Plucky Engineer and Firemen Minim
ize Disaster.
Cottage Grove, Or., June 6. When
on the middle of Kern bridge, span
ning Row river, on the Oregon &
Southeastern, a mixed train crashed
through and fell, all but the engine, 40
feet into the stream below at 4 :30
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Seven-
Tteen passengers were hurt all of them
more or less seriously. All the avail
able surgeons from Cottage Grove were
rushed to the scene of the accident by
special train, and the report from the
wreck is that while all the passengers
are still alive, it is believed several
are fatally hurt
John Coates, the fireman, went down
with the train, fell in the river,, swam
out hurried to the nearest telephone
and phoned for assistance and all the
available doctors. The' work train bad
just arrived and having steam up, a
relief tram was hurried to the scene,
The wrecked train was due here at 5
o'clock, and the engine bad just cleared
the bridge when the center span gave
way. The activity of Engineer Wil
liam Ostrander saved the engine from
piling on top of the other cars in the
ravine. Ustrander set the brakes and
the train parted at the tender, twisting
the rods and the engineer was seriously
injured by the reversing lever. The
tender now rests on top the coach, 12
feet of which is under water.
$100,000,000 FOS SUBWAYS.
That's What Complete System for
Chicago Will Cost.
Chicago, June 7. A complete sys
tem of subways for Chicago will cost
from $100,000,000 to $112,000,000. and
be 'able to transport from 509,960 to
529,120 passengers hourly, with seats
for all; and with the present surface
and elevated lines will supply adequate
transportation until 1931 or 1950. ac
cording to plans adopted. These are
the conclusions of City Engineer Eric-
son and bubway Engineer R. C. St
John, submitted today to Commissioner
of I'ublic Works Han berg, in a supple
mental report on subways.
The report has four distinct plans
for construction, with two variations
of each, and with the exception of col
lating engineering details practically
completes the city's report on tunnels
for passenger traffic in down town
Chicago.
Power Plant Wrecked.
Trinidad, Col., June 7. Virtually
every branch of industry in this city
and neighboring towns is at a stand'
still, as a result of the destruction of
the new powerhouse of the Southern
Colorado Power company. An explo
sion in the transformer started a fire
which wiped out the plant causing, a
loss on building and machinery of more
than $300,000. The fire is nothing
short of a calamity, as it cuts off the
power which operates the local and in-
terurban electric lines, lighting plant
newspaper plants, foundries, etc.
Blast Away Huge Hill.
Aberdeen. Wash.. Juna 7. Every
thing is in readiness for the firing of
me Dig Diast that is expected to blow
away a hill a mile long on the Satsop
river, near Elma. on the o-rada nf tha
Grays Harbor branch of the Union Pa-
cinc. lhe dynamite and powder will
all be placed in caches that have been
made in a tunnel in the hill. All farm
ers have been warned, and all roads
near the scene are guarded. About
100,000 yards of earth will be loosened.
Demand Freeman Resign.
Orange. N. J.. 'Juna 7. Reraiiiia ha
invited Emma Goldman and Alexander
Berkman. anarchists, to a lunrhenn m.
cently given by the exclusive May
flower Descendants' Society, Alden
Freemen, of this place, has been asked
to resign from the Orange chapter.
Sons of the American Revolution.
Peru Sends Swede Horn. .
Lima, Peru, June 7. The Peruvian
government has canceled the exequa
tur oi tne Swedish consul general,
Luis Lemoboke, in whose bouse on
Msy 1 Carloa Pierloa and others im
plicated in the rising against the eov-
ernment took refuge.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
SKELETONS REVEAL GOLD.
Trapper Stumbles Onto Remains of
Prospectors in Tunnel
Portland Two skeletons, supposed
to be the remains of pioneer English
prospectors, were found last week in
an old mine tunnel situated in the Cas
cade forest reserve, at a point about
60 miles from Boring and 50 miles
from the Sandy river. Near the skel
etons were a shovel, pickax, frying
pan and two rock drills. The finding
of the bones led to the discovery of the
existence of a rich vein of gold and
silver ore.
The bones were located by Peter
Stone, a hunter and trapper, who acci
dentally stumbled into the old tunnel,
the entrance to which was overgrown
by brush and small trees. The tunnel
has a 45-foot face and a crosscut ex
tending back 60 feet
Old settlers in the vicinity say that
the remains are probably those of
tnglisnmen who were prospecting in
that vicinity and who were last seen in
1858. 1 hat the remains have been in
the tunnel about 50 years was indicat
ed by the presence of a tree 18 inches
thick directly over the entrance. There
was nothing to indicate the manner of
the deaths, whether violent or from
natural causes.
The old mine is close by a deep.
narrow valley and a waterfall, and has
been given the appropriate name of
Lost Mine." Ralph Treau, n es
sayist located in Portland, went to the
place, and returned with the report
mat a vein rich in gold, silver, lead
and galena was tapped by the old tun
nel. The lode has a 10-foot face and
extends three miles. The ground has
been taken possession of and wil be
worked.
OREGON OFFICES GAIN.
Following Advance in Postmasters'
Salaries Begin July I.
Washington The salaries nf nmsi.
dential postmasters in Oregon will hp
increased according to the receipts of
respective offices Julv 1. Amnnc the
important advanaces are :
Uorvaliis. $2300 to Z2400: Eugene
$2600 to $2700; Hillsboro, $1700 to
$1800: Ho3d River. 22300 tn SSinn-
Medford, the same; Pendleton, $2500
to ZbU0; Koseburg, $2300 to $2400;
aaiero, $3ouo to $3100; The Dalles,
JZ4UU to S2500.
The following Oregon offices were
increased $100: Ashland, Bandon,
Bend. Brownsville. Dallas. Falla C.itv
Forest Grove, Freewater, Gresham,
Joseph, Klamath Falls, Lakeview,
Mount Angel, Myrtle Point Newberg,
North port. Sheridan. Vale.
The following offices were raised
zuu: Arieta, Enterprise, Lents, Me
Minnville, Newport Ontario, Seaside,
Wasco.
Heppner drops from $1600 to tlKOO?
bumpier drops from $1400 to $1300;
Huntington drops from $1300to $1200;
Arlington .drops from $1200 to $1000;
Dray drops from $1200 to $1000.
The following Northwest offices also
received increases: Vancouver, Wash.,
$2500 to $2600: Kalama. Wash.. SI 300
to $1400; Tacoma, Wash, $3500 to
360U; Walla Walla, Wash., $2900 to
$3000; Boise, Idaho, $2100 to $3200.
Surveying Coos Bav Road.
Marshfield Surveving the Cona Raw
j 0 j ,
Oregon & Idaho railroad haa hpcnn
F. A. Haines, chief enigneer,, left
nere witn a corps of about 20 men. He
!tt ' . . ... .
will Stan somewnere in tha mnnntoinn
but the routes to be followed in m Hir
ing the surveys will not for the pres
ent be made known. Sufficient stock
has been subscribed in the nroippt tn
warrant sending out the survey and
runner subscriptions will be taken.
The capital stock of the railroad com
pany is $25,000 and it is estimated
mai siu.uuu win be needed to make
surveys. It is stated by officers of the
corporation that if the engineer can
find a one per cent grade between Coos
nay and Koseburg outside railroad men
will take up the project
High Prices for Butter Fat.
Tillamook Unusuallv hiah nr..
" K.V.U
prevailed ior butter fat at the co oper
ative cheese factories for April the
highest in fact in the history of the
county for that month. Maple Leaf
paid 40c; Tillamook creamery, 40c;
Fairview Dairy association, 38 c;
South Prairie. 41c: Clover T.eaf fRi
erdale), 42.2c; Three Rivers, 37c;
ucean raric, 88.8c; Meda Co-operative,
39c; Elwood (Donaldson's), 42.2c;
East Beaver. 40c: Pleaaant v.n
39.8c; Jackson & Sal ing, 37c; Ne
larts, 4uc.
Many Pioneers Gather.
Weston M. O'Hara. secmtarir
the Pioneers' association. rnnrtA i Kn
enrolled members attended the annual
reunion May 28-29, and that 19 new
members were registered. The two
oldest pioneer women present were
Nancy A. Jacobs, of Portland, who
was born in 1840, immigrated in 1845,
and ia a survivor of the Whitman mas
sacre, having crawled under
and Mrs. Polly Purcell, of Weston, who
was born in 1842, immigrated in 1846
Rain Benefits Lane Crops.
Eugene The rain tneana
of dollars to the farmers of this sec
tion. The light rains of the week have
been beneficial and the cool weather
has prevented considarahla h.
would have resulted with much sun-
snine. it is believed that the rain ia
general over the eountrv. and
enough to do great good.
Hood River Calls for Aid.
Hood River Berries ripening and
no pickers is still the story at Hood
River. Growers are anxiously meeting
each train and boat in the hope of get
ting help for the rush of berry picking
whit h is near at hand.
Showers have been succeeded by
warmer weather, arid it is said by
strawberry men that the fruit will
come on with a rush. Dispatches are
being sent to towns in the eastern part
of the state asking that notices be
posted informing residents of the
need of help, and towns in the Wil
lamette valley are also being notified.
Many claim that berries will have to
go unpicked if help does not arrive.
Grain Makes Good Stand.
Union The wheat fields have not
been so promising for many years.
Fall wheat is well advanced and prom
ises an excellent crop. The stand is
good and the grain thrifty. There is
an increase of at least 30 per cent over
the acreage of last year in this portion
of the Grand Ronde valley. Rain has
been falling for the past 24 hours and
still continues. With the exception of
peaches and early cherries, the fruit
yield will be good. Gardens are doing
nicely in spite of the cold dry spring.
Industry Will Revive.
Gold Beach Representatives of
Guggenheim, who has large fishing in
terests in Alaska, are here looking over
the cannery property of the late R. D.
Hume, and there is little doubt that he
will take over the plant together with
the large holdings of timber and farm
ing lands. Two companies are on the
ground to take and ship salmon "mild
cured" and the fishermen expect to
make good money when those compan
ies get ready to handle the salmon,
The run of salmon has hardly begun.
Elgin Now Sure of Crop.
Elgin Three inches of rain hava
fallen the last week and crops are
looking hne. They will make full yields
without more rain and the farmer's
smile is growing. T. W. Weather-
spoon nas nnisned draining his lake.
People for miles around aided him in
caring for the immense amount of carp
ana catnsn, eacn taking a liberal por
tion. Mr. Wenthfiraniin will katf.
the lake prepared, and will stock it
witn rainbow trout
Athletic Instructor Resigns.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vains-Koy E. Heaten, well known
throughout the Northwest as an ath
lete of ability, has resigned his position
as instructor in physical education at
this college to enter into business in
this city. Mr. Heaten has purchased
tne business of M. M. Long, dealer in
athletic and sporting goods.
Dentists to Pay License.
Salem Hereafter all practitioners
of dentistry in Oregon must pay an
examination fee of $25, and an annual
license fee of $1.50. The money shall
uo paiu 10 me secretary of the state
board of dental examiners, who shall
keen a record nf hia crpAimta r;.
r IIU gllQ
bond for the faithful performance of
nia auues.
Hermiston Picks Berries.
HermiBton Strawberries are now at
their best and large pickings are be
ing made. Hermiston- will nhan
Strawberry day June 1. The first new
potatoes are now being dug.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheats Track prices : Rlueatem
milling, $13.01.35; club, $1.20
i.zzx; vauey, $1.17.
Corn Whole. $35 per ton : cracked.
jo per ion.
Barley Feed. $25 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white. $40.50(341 iter
ion.
Hay Timothv. Willamette v.-llJv
$1418 per ton; Eastern Oregon, i
21; clover,- $1112; alfalfa, $13
14; cheat $1414.50; vetch, $14
14.60.
Fresh Fruits Apo:es. Slrff2.E0 nor
box. Strawberries. Oregon. tWfti
crate; cherries, $11.25 per box;
gooseberries, txgoc per pound; logan
brriees, $1 and 1.25 per crate; cur
rants, 12c per pound.
Potatoes $1.75-01.90 per hundred-
new iBiuornia. 4Kcftf5 twr lh
sweet potatoes. 4Vtc per nound
Vegetables Turnips.K 1.25 ner aab
carrots, n.zo; parsnips, $1.50; beets,
i.jo; norseraaisn, siuc perpound;
artichokes, 5060c dor.; asparagus,
IK (S 12c per pound: beans.
cabbage, 2c per lb.; cauliflower, $3
per crate; cucumbers, 50c$12.5 per
doz.; lettuce, hothouse, $11.60 per
box ; lettuce.head, 25c per doz. ; onions.
12 Wc6?15c per doz. : parslev. SRe
oo. ; peas, 7c per lb. ; radishes, 15c
per doz.; rhubarb, 33Xc per lb.;
spinach. 6c Per lb. : sauaah. 7Krff ti
r r . r-
per box; tomatoes, Mexican, $22.50
per crate.
Butter City creamery. ' extra.
26c; fancy outside creamerv. 2Krt?i
26Xc per lb.; store, 18c (Butter
fat prices average IX cents per pound
under regular butter prices.)
tKKS Uregon ranch. 2324e ner
doz.
Poultry Hens. ISc: srjrinn. 99Ura
25c; roosters, 10c; ducks, 1415c;
geese, 10llc; turkeys, 20c; squabs,
$2.603 per do.
Pork Fancy, 10c per lb.
Veal Extras, 8g8Xc per lb.; ordi
nary. 7c; heavy, 6c
Hops 1909 contracts, 12c per lb.;
1908 crop, 910c; 1907 crop, 45c:
1906 crop, lK2c
Wool Eastern Oregon, 1722?4'c
per lb.; valley, fine, 2525'c; med
ium, 23c; coarse, 21c; mohair, choice.
2426c per lb.
HIGH WATER COMING.
Snake River Near Record Point
Kootenai Rising.
Lewiston, Idaho, June 4. Lewiston
is experiencing the highest water since
15 years ago today, when practically
one-half of the business district and
much of the residence section was
submerged. The Snake river at that
time registered about 18 feet, and the
reading this evening is 17.8 feet, witb
every indication of a further rise to
morrow. The city is in no danger of
flood damage at this time, because of
the high railroad dykes which afford
ample protection on both river fronts.
The Clearwater river has been rising
rspidly for the past several days and
reports tonight from Kamiah, 50 miles
above Lewiston, stated all of the false
work and one of the cement piers for
the new wagon bridge being con
structed there have been carried away.
Old-timers who have experienced
several of the most severe floods be
lieve the highest water has been
reached unless warm rains prevail
within the next two days. The snow
has disappeared from tie Blue moun
tains from the Lewiston view, and in
most years this has been regarded as
indicative of an early subsiding of the
waters.
Up to this time no severe damage
his been reported from any section.
British Columbia Suffers.
Vancouver, B. C, June 4. Heavy
rains, followed by warm weather, have
ccused all the rivers and streams in
the Kootenay tableland of British Col
umbia to rise in flood, and, according
to advices received from interior points
today, the waters are still rising.
Along the line of the Canadian Pacific
railway between Nelson and Slocan
City there have been a number of
washouts, with the result that rail
communication is interrupted.
Passengers are being bandied by
boats between Nelson and Roseberry,
but ireigbt traffic is at a standstill.
The Columbia river is reported to be
rising more rapidly than any of the
outer streams in the interior.
Vancouver, Wash., June 4. The
Columbia river has risen eight inches
in tne last zi hours and four inches in
the last 12 hours. It is now 15 feet 2
inches above low water. At this point
the river is two and one-fourth miles
wide. The highest point reached by
the river last year was 20 feet and 2
incnes above low water.
FEVER SHIP ENDS VOYAGE.
Three Die En Route and Captain
Buries All, Including Wife.
Victoria, B. C Completing a voy
age of 48 davs from Santa RohaHa daa.
tined to be memorable on account of a
desperate fight with fever, waged al
most from port to port, the ship
Springbank reached Royal Roads today,
reporting three deaths en voyage
those of Mrs. Royal, the captain's
wife; Stewart Lund, and Able Seaman
Jrhnson all of whom were buried at
sea, the grief-stricken captain reading
wo Duriai service ior eacn.
The vovage un was made vo d;m
cult as two-thirds of the crew of 28
men were at ne time inennanifntod k
fever, while the others were too weak
w perform their duties, save with
difficulty. TWO are Still fever.afriVlr.n
The Springbank arrived off the straits
iwo weeks ago, and has ever since been
enaeavormg to work her way in.
JAMES J. HILL SUBPOENAED.
Deputy Sheriff Takes Him Unawares
Service Accepted.
Spokane, June 4. James J. Hill,
chairman of the Great Northern board
of directors, while
, I 6 ""vusu
bpokane on his way East tonight, was
oBtveu who Buopoena at the Northern
Pacific depot summnninir him tn
a " w nime
before Spokane county grand jury in
me case oi m. j. uoraon, ex-counsel of
the Great Northern.
seven indictments for embezzlement
have been hrnnohf
o
rrosecuting Attorney Pugh has long
"7" vu get rresiuent iouis w.
Hill to appear before the m-and
the Gordon case, and failing in that he
uowraiqeu to seize mis oportunitv to
get James J. Hill.
Sailors Escspe by Force.
San Francisco. Juna 9 pn.. ...-i
of the British ship Mussel Crag, lv-
s .u un ujr, umue ineir escape from
that vessel earlv todav hv r.;nd; j
j cum
gagging the watchman and rowing to
shore in a small boat One of the men
has been denied admina
- w. uw w wjio
country, because he is a sufferer from
uncnoma, a contagious disease of the
eyes, and Cantain Pmner ; i;ki .
heavy fine for allowing him to land.
The boat was found upside down and
there is a possibilitv that thn .
J wu UltJb
with an accident after leaving the ship.
Militia in Control. .
McCloud, Cal.. June 4 Th
is in complete control of Mpi,,
night The strikers
the slightest resistance to the soldiers
and the light nlant ia In n....:
der a strong guard. Patrols are scat-
tereu inroupn tna atrcuta J n al
buildings of the McClmid r
. ' v.. uuui"
ber company are occupied by squads of
onerm Howard and his depu
ties are out in tha hill. cu,.i.:
the ringleaders of the strike movement
Seismographs Register Big Quake.
Manila. June 4. R PC inn Inn. .1 Q.i,
o clock and continuing until k .no
O'clock thia mnrninc '.
- - . ""'r, uj BciBinograpns
at the observatory here registered an
intense misroseismic disturbance. It
is estimated that the earthquake was
2000 to 3000 kilnm.r.r.
w iiiauui, ine
record corresponds closely to that ob
tained in February, 1903, during the
earthquake in Java and Sumatra.
GREAT STRIKE ENDS
Philadelphia Street Car Men Gala
Important Points.
CONCESSIONS FROM BOTH SIDES
Employes Get 22 Cents an Hour, Ten
Hour Day, and Buy Uniforms
in Open Marker.
Philadelphia, June 5. "The strike
has been settled. The men will re
ceive 22 cents an hour beginning to
morrow morning, and 10 hours will
constitute a day's work."
This statement tonight from C. O.
Pratt, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the Amalgamated Association
of Street Railway Employes, followed
by the deportation of the 450 non
union workmen, marked the end of the
strike ot employes of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit company. The trouble
began last Saturday.
The settlement was brought about
primarily by State Senator James P.
McNichol, republican leader of this
city, at conferences yesterday with the
traction officials and labor representa
tives. These conferences were fol
lowed by others today.
After being in session nearly all day
the men agreed to accept 22 cents an
hour. The old "swing system" has
been abolished, 10 hours will consti
tute a day's work, all empfoyes will be
permitted to purchase their uniforms
in the open market, all future difficul
ties are to be adjusted between the
company and a grievance committee
chosen by the employes.
After a conference in City hall which
lasted until early today, Mayor Rey
burn made public a letter addressed to
John B. Parsons, president of the tran
sit company, in which he offered the
terms for a settlement of the strike.
He suggested among other things the
following:
"All. former employes will be re
stored to their former positions.
"Your employes to form a represen
tative body which shall from time to
time be accorded full opportunity to
take up with the proper officers of the
company any and all questions affect
ing the rights of employes.
"The rate of wages beginning July
1., 1909, to be 22 cents an hour.
"These conditions to continue for
one, two or three years, as may be
agreed upon."
President Parsons made an immed
iate reply accepting the suggestions.
Some dissatisfaction is expressed by
the strikers, who do not regard the rate
of wages named as a concession. How
ever, the agreement gives them shorter
hours and concedes them the right to
purchase their uniforms from whom
they please.
PORK PRICE GOES SOARING.
Almost Highest Price Since Civil War
Is Recorded in Chicago.
Chicago, June 5. Pork for Septem
ber delivery sold today at $20.07.
With the exception of a brief period in
1906, when cash pork sold for one day
at $20 per barrel, this figure has not
been 'seen in this market since the
Cudahv corner in 1893. when it nnld at.
$23. It sold during the Armour cor
ner in 1887, at $24; and the highest
price on record in this market was dur
ing the civil war, when it sold at $43
per barrel.
With the axcentinn nf tha mnninn.
lated markets of 1893 and 1887, there-
xore, tne price reached today was prac
tically the hicrhPRi ainra tha civil, war.
No manipulation of the provision mar
kets is now charged, but the high
prices are due to the disappointing re
ceipts of 'hogs during the month of
May, and thus far during the present
month.
Record Made at Lewiston. .
Lewiston. Idaho. Juna K. Tha Rnalca
river recorded a rise of nearly a foot
today, the mark at 5 oVWW thia aven-
ing being 18.9 feet The Clearwater
cme up aooui one and one-half leet
Both streams are falling tonicht hnt
wind is prevailing and a further rise ia
expected tomorrow. Last night the
guage stood at 17.8 feet the highest
known for 15 veara. Tnnicht. that mark
is passed. The railroad dykes are hold
ing and the city isjjthought not to be in
danger from flood, for tha nroflont at
1, . r- -ast
Columbia Still Rises.
The Dallea. fir .Tim R TV. Pil.
Umbia river rose mnra than man foot
at this point during the past 30 hours
and continues gradually to rise. The
beach is flooded up to the Umatilla
House and the Chinese truck gardens
re unoer water. The Open River and
Regulator lines wharf boats have been
moved on account of the high water
and the ferryboat now lands at the fopt
of Washington street two blocks from
its regular landing.
Taft Not to Visit West.
Grand Junction, Col , June 5. Pres
ident .Taft will not attend the exer
cises incident to the opening of the
Gunnison irrigation turnel early in
August and probably will not make
his contemplated trip to the West thia
Summer, according tn a lmm r-
ceived today.